Raund Haus One Year Anniversary

When: Sat., Feb. 25, 9 p.m. 2017

Around this time last year, a group of experimental beatmakers transformed The Shed, Golden Belt's modest space for jazz music, into a trippy bunker thundering with instrumental hip-hop and strands of dance funk. The collective called itself Raund Haus, and its subsequent showcases almost immediately filled the head-nod void left by Party Illegal's monthly inclination toward more seamless EDM party vibes. Since then, Raund Haus has taken strides toward becoming its own institution, similar to what the Low End Theory beat club in L.A. has accomplished. Last May, Raund Haus self-released a limited-edition cassette tape titled RH-001, which included its core members and affiliates. In November, it booked its first out-of-town act, Baltimore's Tek.Lun. Earlier this month, Raund Haus announced that it had become a full-fledged record label with a distribution deal through Redeye Worldwide. Its first release, Trandle's hi key low key, is scheduled to drop the day before this first-year anniversary party in the Bull City's beat bunker. —Eric Tullis